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Cloudflare down: Company blames ‘unusual’ spike in traffic before outage errors
Published Tue, Nov 18 20258:41 AM ESTUpdated 4 Min Ago
Key Points
-Cloudflare was hit by an outage that knocked several major websites and services offline for global users.
-OpenAI’s ChatGPT, e-commerce platform Shopify and Elon Musk’s social media platform X appear to have been affected by the Cloudflare issues.
- A Cloudflare spokesperson said the company observed a “spike in unusual traffic” to one of its services before the errors.
More at link
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/cloudflare-down-outage-traffic-spike-x-chatgpt.html
Published Tue, Nov 18 20258:41 AM ESTUpdated 4 Min Ago
Key Points
-Cloudflare was hit by an outage that knocked several major websites and services offline for global users.
-OpenAI’s ChatGPT, e-commerce platform Shopify and Elon Musk’s social media platform X appear to have been affected by the Cloudflare issues.
- A Cloudflare spokesperson said the company observed a “spike in unusual traffic” to one of its services before the errors.
More at link
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/cloudflare-down-outage-traffic-spike-x-chatgpt.html
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